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Death in the Inner Circle
Apparent murder-suicide cuts to the heart of the mayor's southern Dallas advisors
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Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Begins
Should creationism win out, textbooks throughout the country–not just Texas–will challenge the theory of evolution in science curricula
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After Their Murder-Suicide, Questions About Rufus and Lynn Flint Shaw's Shady Dealings Haunt Dallas
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Life Without Debt Leaves Jimmy Phipps Owing Society
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Fight Over New Apartments Shows Dallas' Growing Pains
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Obama and Me (69)
It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial
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Melodica Festival Self-Indulgent, But Still Positive for Dallas (51)
If a festival happens in Exposition Park and only the built-in crowd shows, does it make a sound?
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Murder at the Howard Johnson's Serves Up Flavorful Fare (27)
Also: Collin College kicks up heels with Li'l Abner and unfunny Nipples at Hub
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Death in the Inner Circle (21)
Apparent murder-suicide cuts to the heart of the mayor's southern Dallas advisors
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Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Begins (15)
Should creationism win out, textbooks throughout the country–not just Texas–will challenge the theory of evolution in science curricula
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10 Artists We'd Resurrect for Easter
Included: Freddie Mercury, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline
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Vampire Weekend Backlash at SXSW
The hype factory had everyone ready to hate on Vampire Weekend before the band arrived in Austin
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You Don't Have to Head to SXSW to Find a Festival This Week
Dallas has something for all tastes in town
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South by Southwest Bounty Overflows to Benefit Dallas
This and next week are full of big-name acts making their ways to or from the Austin festival
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Four Clubs Closed in Deep Ellum and Exposition Park in the Past Month
So where's the outcry?
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AFI Dallas: Visiting With The Visitor
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Dallas' "Delusional" 15-Year-Old Author
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Hicks and Gillett Do Not Appear to Have a "Rational Relationship"
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Last Night: Neil Hamburger at Rubber Gloves
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New Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Songs
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Q&A with The Orange
12:43AM 03/28/08
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Recent Articles By Pete Freedman
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Four Clubs Closed in Deep Ellum and Exposition Park in the Past Month
So where's the outcry?
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Vampire Weekend Backlash at SXSW
The hype factory had everyone ready to hate on Vampire Weekend before the band arrived in Austin
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Band of Heathens, Trey Johnson
Friday, March 21, at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton
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Punk Bunny
Sunday, March 23, at Hailey's, Denton
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South by Southwest Bounty Overflows to Benefit Dallas
This and next week are full of big-name acts making their ways to or from the Austin festival
National Features
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Miami New Times
Perez Hilton: Exposed!
Can a "crazy, flamboyant dork" from Miami find happiness as a Hollywood mudslinger?
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Nashville Scene
Chip Off the Old Rock
Songwriter Justin Townes Earle has struggled with addiction--just like his proud papa.
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Phoenix New Times
"Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy"
Have they become the magic words when a state wants to terminate parental rights?
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SF Weekly
Out of the Woodwork
Union carpenters describe a little slice of Jim Crow smack dab in the middle of America's most PC city.
By Lauren Smiley
Record Hop CD Release Party
Thursday, March 27, at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton
By Pete Freedman
Published: March 27, 2008
As South by Southwest approached earlier this month, the folks in Denton-based rock quartet Record Hop faced quite the predicament: Would their soon-to-be-released self-titled album be shipped to them in time to be distributed during the band's showcase? The band was supposed to receive each element of the packaging—discs included—just one day before it was set to head down to Austin.
But just more than a week before that hopeful arrival date, there had been no formal confirmation sent to the band that all would work out OK on their receiving end. A lot was up in the air—enough, at least, for guitarist Scott Porter to offer up a cryptic, fearful "God, I hope so," when we asked him if he thought the band would get their discs on time.
Well, lucky for Record Hop, all worked out. The band played its SXSW showcase with a box full of discs in tow. Now, post-festival, the band is having its formal hometown release party.
With a fuzzy, post-grunge sound backing guitarist Ashley Cromeens' enviable angst-filled vocals, Record Hop's disc may be one of the must-have local discs of the year. And considering that this show at Dan's Silverleaf finds the members of Record Hop playing at what is well-known to be both their favorite drinking hole and their sometime rehearsal space, this concert offers audiences the chance to see a well-practiced band perform in way too comfortable a setting than any band has a right to play. Consider the fourth wall breached for this set.
